Three grave effigies from Ukha and Choha

B&W photographic print. 'Three grave effigies, dressed as the deceased would have been in life. The skulls were placed between the "horns"" on the heads. The one in the centre carries a model basket with a head. These figures are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum and are illustrated on page 208 of T...

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Date(s) of creation: April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004279
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/B/20
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/B/20
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/B/20
prefix_number 20
title Three grave effigies from Ukha and Choha
scb_date_creation April 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Three grave effigies, dressed as the deceased would have been in life. The skulls were placed between the "horns"" on the heads. The one in the centre carries a model basket with a head. These figures are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum and are illustrated on page 208 of The Nagas, by Julian Jacobs.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 13 x 7.5 cm
note Effigies
Sepulchral monuments
Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Konyak Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004279
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00B.0020